'On The Ball' BY RAY KOEHLER Sports Editor The outlook. wasn't bright at all for Pirate fans that night And up in his 2nd floor radio box Rosie was in a fright For Kiner wasn't doing so hot, and Chesnes was all shot And . the Buccos touted power—simply—was—not. Deni Bums come down from Flatbush now with 'fire in their eyes And the way they beat that sphere around they weren't swattixe flies So when Dickson dropped the opener and Queen No. 2 It.looked as though the Pickeroonies just about were through The season liad just opened and the Bucs were going bad And. it didn't take a Swami to • see that they'd been had Voices•from the empty decks and bleachers loosely packed Screamed, "Get dose clowns • 'outa dere, we want our two bucks back," Now Rickey started old "Four eyes- Schultz (trying for a • snoreeii) Ami - the way he trun the horsehide tru was making Rosie weep So . when , Westlake died on ,second, and Murtaugh bit the _dust SoMber fans looked to Croon-, eir.'CrOsby to finance a cel iac, truss. With shadows crowding the infield, and the score at four to ,two Alf: thoughts were on Homer Liverlips, "He'd know what But•Coogan.preceded Liverlips, and likewise so did Hopp, The former was a gamble, and the latter a tired mop. But Coogan outlegged a bounder and to the wonderment of ' all Hvp.smashed a dozen mazdas with his drive against the wall Now.from that stricken multitude there arose a mighty yell AA& to .the toiling' "Four-eyes," Homer's bat looked mean ?lie, was urgency' in Liverlips manner as he dug himself 11;trench' And'it wasn't for Coach Meyer on his knees over at the bench Bid that bloodshot look in Homer's eye meant the foe no :gieit'harm knisonly: thoughts were, "Gotta hurry up, my beei is :„OStting,warm." NO:oor that Schultz he was a cagy cuss and offered nothing good Higffirst pitch was a teaser that the blue-serge called good "11,1 shakles rose on Liverlips' neck and he put up an awful beef "La dirty dog, with my own little bat I'll up and brush your teeth:" • • stiqie high-and-mighty magistrate bade the game go on 104 . Liv.erlips fouled a slider that landed on a' lawn "FourTeyes" •looking plateward, seeing the batter's muscles Thought, ,"I hope dey got cold water, 'cause I fear my time has ,corne." Our hero makes an awful curse and slams his bat upon the plate Out Squirts a quid of terbaccy, through teeth clenched in hate Ail now poor Schultz he holds the ball, and now he lets it go Azad now confetti darkens the sky as the fielder watches it go. A - Traveling Man Bill Jeffrey, now in Brazil as woo of the United States entry In the World Cup soccer finals, is no stranger to foreign shores. The' 57-year-olds veteran, a' native of 'Scotland, took . , an ~ .unbeaten Pew. State team to his home country for a series of games in len, tad in 1945 he went to Italy to teach the game to Uncle Sam's dqUghboys under the auspices of the U.S. Army Special Services. Modern Casey NV._ .42 47-... , /./.1: At The Bat (Continued on page ten) Rosey Rowswell RENT A BIKE 401 E. College Avenue , PHONE 4200 HOURS 1 to 9 DAILY Other Hours By Appointment . HARRY HUNTER Jeffrey-Led. U.S. Boosters Lose; 'Not Cricket' Miffed Britains Cry Staid Britishers awoke to their crumpets and marmelade last Thursday morning with exclamations of "Great Godfrey" and "Ods Bodkins", as bold headlines proclaimed the news of the Bill Jeffrey-coached United States soccer team's win over England in World Cup competition. To the average Englishman the news came as a black day. in British sport annals. A day in which a group of 'American amateurs' perpetrated the upset of the century over the cream of British booters in the Brazil ian capital of Rio De Janeiro. An American Embassy official today said that the United States soccer victory over England has done more for American-Brazil ian relations than anything else in. years (and probably less for U.S.-British relations.) Scribes Weep 'According to the London Daily Express' page one report, Eng land's 1-0 loss to the Yanks in the World Cup soccer tournament brought tears to the eyes of Brit ish sport writers. "It marks the lowest ever for British sport." Roy Peskett of. the Daily Mail said in another page one story: "A fitter, faster, fighting team of the U.S. has done the un believeablel This is the biggest soccer upset .of. all-time." In the Daily Graphic, John Gaydon lamented: "It was pathetic to see the cream of English players beaten by a side (team) most ama teur players in England would have beaten, and there was no fluke about it" Americans in London compared the win of the Nittany Lion soc cer mentor's team with a major league all-star team being beaten in London by nine part-time Eng lish baseball players. Hong Kong Hit Hard In Hong Kong the Associated Press office telephone jangled again and again. "It is true?" asked an anxious voice. "No, no," an editor • replied automatically. "the U.S. and Russia have not declared war." "No, no," 'came back the voice, "that's not what I mean. Is it true that the U.S. beat Britain in the World soccer cup?" "Yes," answered' the editor. "Why those cheeky Ameri- cans," came the reply. Singers, stars and artists of all kinds had been sent to Brazil, but none made such a hit with the Brazilians as the American squad which has decided that the ball with which it beat England must Lions' Bob Louis Scores For Blue Bob Louis. Penn State's beefy 1950 lacrosse co-captain, whose aptitude with the webbed shil lelagh has earned him high scor ing honors for the past two years. was among those who scored as the Northern lacrosse all-stars whipped the Smith: .12-8; in the annual "Star" game. Played at College Park, Md., the North was once again rated as the underdogs but just as sure as the American League usually trounces its National loop foe, the Northerners' jinx over the South once again asserted itself. The Nittany Lions'. 215-pound attackman, Louis, bulled his way through shell-shocked Southern lines to tally his squad's final counter in the third period. RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters)—The U. S. found itself on the outside looking in as four countries—Brazil, Spain, Sweden and Uru guay—won berths in next week's play offs for the world soccer• championship. England and the United States, coached. by Bill Jeffrey, of Penn State, were among the five that lost in a day's play which sorted out the teams that will meet in the round robin series to determine the . title holder. Previously the United States dropped a 3-0 affair to Spain but evened things with a sparkling 1-Q victory over an English, team which, until the tournament, had been considered one of tlt e strongest soccer units playing to day. _ _ An 8-Ball For Britain .. . ~. _... s::. MEIME ksw ~.:...... become a: museum piece. All the playerS have auto graphed it, and it is being sent to the United States to remain' in perpetual memory of the day the United States beat England at soccer—a day some Englishmen consider the greatest in the an nals of American sport. Major Leagues— American League Yesterday's Results • Philadelphia at Boston, PP. (rain) Detroit, 1, 10; Chicago, 4, 9 New York, 16, 3 ; Washington, 9, • 3 called 9 (darkness) St. Louis, 7, 8 ; Cleveland, 8, 3 , Today's Games St. Louis at. Detroit' (night) Chicago at Cleveland (night) Philadelphia at New York • , Washington •at Boston (night) • Standings • • W L 'Pct. .W L Pct. Detroit 46 24 :652 CI - Jeago 32 39 .460 New York . 48 28 .606 Wash'n 31 39 .443 Cleveland .42 29 .692 Phila. 26 46 .367 Boston . 41 32 .662 St. Louis 23 46 .333 National League Yesterday's Games Brooklyn, 4,'.5.; :New York, 5, 3 Boston, 4, 12 ; Philadelphia, . 14; 9 Pittsburgh, 4, 4 ; Cincinnati, 8, 5 Chicago, 3;. St. Louis, . 4, 4 Today's Gimes Boston at Brooklyn - (night) New York at Philadelphia (night) Pittsburgh at Chicago Cincinnati at: St. Louis (night) L' Pet.• St. Louis 41 27 .603 NeW York Phila. 39 27 .691 Chicago Boston 38 30 .5593incinnati Brooklyn ' 36 . 29 .564?itts'gli For A to Z LUBRICATION WASHING AND POLISHING BATTERIES AND TIRES ACCESSORIES Have the BINGAMAN SUNOCO SERVICE STATION do the job! FREE CALL AND DELIVERY STATE COLLEGE 6143 502 E. COLLEGE AVENUE at Pine Street ‘V.,,ido..SDAY, JULY 5, 1950 U. S. Loses 5-2 The United States loss to Chile by a 5-2 score was on wet, heavy ground, sodden by heavy rains that had fallen continuously for some hours. The Americans fielded the team that beat England, tacitly disposing of rumors current a mong British supporters that they had used an ineligible player to win Thursday. Gino Pariani of the St. Louis Simpkins was the questioned player, 'although English officials since have been quoted as saying they never had "the slighteSt thought" of protesting his stattls. ` United• States officials . said that Pariani was on the Ameri can Olympic team in London two years ago and added it would be strange for his eligibility to be • questioned now. Play has been on a round robin basis in four pools, • leaders of which now go into championship stage. Of the originally favored teams only Uruguay and Brazil remain. England's elimination completed Thursday's surprise 1-0 reversal by the United States which had sent British sport, writers irito a spin. Uruguay won the first world cup competition in 1930 and :en tered the lists well favored, as did Italy, which won the trophy "on the only other two occasions -it has been at stake-1934.and 1938. Spain, favored from the first, enters the final stage strong* after winning all three games played. For the Nittany. Lions' Jeffrey, (Continued on page ten) Tiny Court Foe On 'All-America' 9 . Midget-sized Ray ( Van Cleef, Rutgers' all-around athlete who appeared against. State on the basketball court this past winter;• has been named as a member .of the 1950 All-America college base ball team, ' • All first stringers are seniors except the Scarlet's. Van. Cleef, a' junior. A sensational outfielder who batted .392, Van Cleef' was, one of the stars. of .the college world series at Omaha, winning, the trophy as the tourney's most outstanding. player. . - In its first season under George Case, former major league. baSe.: stealing king, Rutgers' District Two NCAA leaders won 16, loSt" three and, tied one including a 6-3 triumph over Penn State. W L Pct. 33 34 .493 32 33 .492 24.42 .364 23,44 .343
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